Enterprise Dev/Test

Enterprise Dev/Test

Overview

Enterprise Agreement customers now have a great way to run their development and testing workloads on Azure, with numerous advantages:

Ideal for teams, multiple subscriptions allowed

• Access to Dev/Test images in the Gallery, including Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
• Special lower Dev/Test rates on Windows Virtual Machines, Cloud Services, SQL Database, SQL Managed Instance, HDInsight, App Service (Basic, Standard, Premium v2, Premium v3) and Logic Apps
• Additional savings with Reservations for one-year or three-year commitment on VMs, Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance
• Same great EA rates on other Azure services
• Centralized management via the Azure Enterprise Portal
• No separate payment—just use the funds already on your Enterprise Agreement Only active Visual Studio subscribers with standard subscriptions can use the Azure resources running within an Enterprise Dev/Test subscription, though end users can also access the application to provide feedback or perform acceptance tests. You need a Visual Studio subscription for each member who needs to access an Enterprise Dev/Test subscription. Use of resources within this subscription is restricted to developing and testing applications, and no uptime guarantee is offered.

Separately, most active Visual Studio subscribers (standard subscriptions only; monthly cloud subscriptions excluded) also can set up one separate individual Azure subscription with a monthly credit, which is ideal for light development and testing workloads, experimentation with Azure services, learning, prototyping, and proofs of concept. These monthly Azure credits for Visual Studio subscribers are unrelated to Enterprise Dev/Test subscriptions.

Not an Enterprise Agreement customer but need an Azure subscription for your development team? Try Pay-As-You-Go Dev/Test

Details

Low Dev/Test Rates

All Windows and Windows Server Virtual Machines, Cloud Services, App Service (basic, standard, Pv2, Pv3), Logic Apps and HDInsight are discounted off your normal Enterprise Agreement rates. The Dev/Test rate on these services is equal to the rate for a Linux virtual machine of the same size and type. For example:

• A Windows Server/Medium (A2)/Basic Instance virtual machine is billed at the Linux/Medium (A2)/Basic Instance virtual machine rate
• A Websites/Large (L)/Standard is billed at the Linux/Large (A3)/Standard Instance virtual machine rate
• A HDInsight Head Node (on an Extra Large A4 instance) is billed at the Linux/Extra Large (A4)/Standard Instance virtual machine rate
• Logic Apps Enterprise Connection is billed at 50% of published pricing

Access to Windows 10 and Windows Virtual Desktop service

You can run Windows 10 images on Azure for dev/test using this offer. You can also access the Windows Virtual Desktop service within your DevTest subscription to simplify the management experience of your Windows VMs and easily deploy and scale your development and test environments all while enjoying special discounts.

No additional charge for using Visual Studio software

There is no additional charge for the software included with your Visual Studio subscription that you run for development and testing on Azure Windows Server virtual machines, such as SQL Server. You can also use preconfigured virtual machine images, such as SQL Server and BizTalk Server, without incurring software charges. Alternatively, upload your own virtual machine with software from your Visual Studio subscription. You will only be charged at the discounted VM rate.